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Level 5 Leadership and Management

Technical knowledge, strategic insight and practical expertise

Who is this qualification for?This qualification is designed for project managers, department heads, and other practising middle managers. Develop your skills and experience, improve your performance and prepare for senior management responsibilities.

Impact for your employer• Encourage strategic thinking at this level of management, to foster business improvement
• Engage middle managers with training and development – this qualification is designed to provide clear, measurable
benefits to career-minded professionals
• Customise this qualification to your development needs

Focus on the skills you need

This qualification is available as a concise Award, a broader Certificate or a very comprehensive Diploma. Each unit in this qualification focuses on a specific set of skills and knowledge, in six broad areas:
• Working with people – a range of units including how to deal effectively with stress and conflict, manage remote workers,
build excellent customer relations
• Managing yourself and personal skills – including units that focus on assessing your own leadership performance,
and developing critical thinking
• Providing direction – such as leading teams to achieve organisational goals and objectives, and making strong and
informed management decisions
• Facilitating innovation and change – for example, build a culture of continued improvement, and lead people through change
• Achieving results – such as managing for efficiency and effectiveness, and managing projects that get results
• Using resources – including managing facilities and managing information

Work with your employer or training provider to find the units that best fit your individual and organisational requirements.

Full qualification details

Diploma

We have three sizes of qualification: certificate, award and diploma in increasing order of size

Qualification level

Credit Value

The range of credits a learner must undertake to gain this qualification

37 -

Structure

Details of the qualification, learning time involved and criteria a learner must satisfy

The qualification is structured into 2 groups. At least 2 hours of induction and at least 7 hours of tutorial support are required. There are no mandatory units and a wide range of optional units. Learners must attain a minimum of 37 credits and to achieve this qualification.

Information for ILM centres

For each qualification select the units you want to deliver using the qualification specification builder. The builder does NOT verify if your selection of units meets the ‘rules of combination’. Rules are displayed at the top of each qualification page. If you have any questions about unit combinations please contact ILM Customer Services or your EV.

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Diploma

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management (FPR)

Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management• Time commitment: minimum 16 hours of structured learning, plus self-study, project work and assignments
• Minimum of 6 credits, maximum of 12 credits
• Minimum of 2 units, with all units taken from Group 1.

Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management• Time commitment: minimum 15 hours of structured learning, plus self-study, project work and assignments
• Minimum 13 credits and maximum 36.
• Choice of units from Groups 1 and 2, with a maximum of 6 credits taken from Group 2.
Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management• Time commitment: minimum 29 hours of structured learning, plus self-study, project work and assignments
• Total credit value of 37.
• Choice of units from Groups 1 and 2, with a maximum of 18 credits taken from Group 2